George D. Bryan

George D. Bryan (1845–1919) was the forty-seventh mayor of Charleston, South Carolina, completing one term from 1887 to 1891.

Bryan was born on September 26, 1845, in Charleston to United States judge George S. and Rebecca Louisa Dwight.

He was a student at the United States Naval Academy when the Civil War erupted, and he left the school to join the Confederate Navy.

After the Civil War, he returned to Charleston and practiced law.

[2] After his one term as mayor, in 1894, President Grover Cleveland appointed him to be collector of customs in Charleston, a job he held until July 1898.

Bryan rented 31 East Battery, Charleston, South Carolina when he was elected mayor in 1887.
Bryan died at his house at 110 Broad Street, Charleston, South Carolina on June 4, 1919.